Oxygen generator

ABSTRACT

An oxygen generator comprising a body shell, a top cover set, a bottom cover set, an air pump, multiple switching solenoid valves and a watering control set; the body shell is provided with multiple big tanks filled with molecular sieve substances, its surrounding is provided with a gas intake passage, multiple sets of airflow channels, multiple sets of gas outtake channels, a gas storage tank and an air filtration tank; the body shell is further provided with multiple switching solenoid valves, which control both the circulation between two adjoined airflow channels and the circulation between an airflow channel and an adjoined gas outtake channel; the top cover set and the bottom cover set are installed on the top side and bottom side of the body shell respectively, and the air pump is set up under the bottom cover, while the watering control set is set up on the bottom cover.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to oxygen generators, and moreparticularly to one that is novel in combination pattern, compact inassembly, handy in carrying and transportation, and reducible in costand price.

2. Description of the Prior Art

As the advancement on civilization of human society, medical technologyand many important respects is boosted, human beings have alreadytremendous improvements on the research and control of diseases, and theaverage life-span of human is also lengthened, which definitely makesthe arrival of the aging society an unavoidable trend. On the otherhand, it has also brought about many adverse influences, wherein thesevere damage of the global environment is most denounced. Therefore, attimes inexplicable diseases (for instance: Severe Acute RespiratorySyndrome (SARS)) or extremely awful environment (for instance:rainstorm, bitter cold and torturing hot weather, or mudflows) indeedfight back to humans, and it deserves us to think over the whys. With avast anxiety about the outside environment, and the inevitable dealingwith the possibilities of being invaded by the gradually awfulenvironment and the inexplicable diseases, human beings should be readyfor all kinds of prevention, and oxygen is an absolutely indispensableelement for humans to survive, where the oxygen generator, capable ofself-producing oxygen, by introducing high pressure air to react withthe internally filled molecular sieve substances, is an importantfirst-aid appliance. Not only is the oxygen generator used inemergencies, it is also required by many symptoms of chronic diseases,for instance, it is essential to have the oxygen generator preparedanytime for the emergency use by the patients of asthma and dyspnoea.Moreover, the more pure oxygen that is breathed by people, the bettercirculation of blood results, which also enables the mind to be sharplynimble, the body to get rid of fatigues and the work efficiency to besubstantially boosted. Therefore, during daily life or in the office, itis a great custom to equip with an oxygen generator ready anytime forthe emergency.

Prior art oxygen generators are mostly made up of the off-the-shelfparts and modules Therefore, the volume of the assembly is unbound andbulky, which no doubt deteriorates the ability to carry or transport theoxygen generator, and it could further boost the cost that fails tooffer a competitive price, which is really bad. In light of theaforesaid drawbacks, the inventor conceived an idea of achieving theoxygen generator that features novel in combination, compact inassembly, handy in carrying and reducible in cost and price.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The objective of the present invention is to provide an oxygen generatorof novel in combination pattern, compact in assembly, handy in carryingand transportation, and reducible in cost and price.

To be aimed at the aforementioned objective, the present inventiondeveloped an oxygen generator, comprising a body shell, a top cover set,a bottom cover set, an air pump, a plurality of switching solenoidvalves and a watering control set; wherein the body shell is shaped intoa plurality of connecting septum walls at its internal that formmultiple big tanks which are filled with molecular sieve substances,where its surrounding is provided with a gas intake passage, multiplesets of airflow channels, multiple sets of gas outtake channels, a gasstorage tank and an air filtration tank for filling with pure water; thebody shell, at its bottom, is provided with a through hole thatcorresponds to the gas intake passage, a plurality of through holes thatcorrespond to the airflow channels, a plurality of through holes thatcorrespond to the gas outtake channels, a plurality of through holesthat correspond to the big tanks, and a through hole that corresponds tothe air filtration tank; the body shell is provided with a plurality ofmounting recesses and a mounting through recess, where each mountingrecess is provided with a through hole connecting the adjoined airflowchannels, or a through hole joining an airflow channel to an adjoinedgas outtake channel; the mounting recesses accommodate switchingsolenoid valves respectively, to control both the circulation betweentwo adjoined airflow channels and the circulation between an airflowchannel and an adjoined gas outtake channel; the mounting through recessaccommodates a filtration slice.

The top cover set is made up of a top cover, a first top spacer, amiddle cover and a second top spacer, which are assembled fixedly on thetop of the body shell; the top cover is provided with an outtake tubeset up on its top side; the first top spacer closely attaches to thebottom side of the top cover, having a through hole which tightlyaccommodates the penetration of the bottom segment of the outtake tube;the middle cover closely attaches to the bottom side of the first topspacer, having a through hole which tightly accommodates the penetrationof the bottom segment of the outtake tube; the middle cover is providedwith a plurality of air caves corresponding to the aforesaid big tankson its top side, while its bottom side has downward through holes, wherethe air caves each has a duct and both are joined and flow down througha gas collecting hole, a reverse-way barricade device is set up in therange from the air cave connecting to the duct to the outlet of the gascollecting hole, an upward vent hole is set up in front of the gascollecting hole, which extends to the top side of the middle cover and atrench is set up therein, and the other end of the trench is made into apiercing tube stretching downward; the piercing tube is for insertion byan extension tube which is placed into the air filtration tank; thesecond top spacer is closely positioned in between the bottom side ofthe middle cover and the top side of the body shell, where the secondtop spacer is provided with a through hole for offering a tightpenetration by the bottom portion of the outtake tube; through holes areset up at the places that correspond to the through holes of the middlecover, the gas collecting hole, the vent hole and the piercing tuberespectively, where the through holes corresponding to the through holesof the middle cover are connected to the big tanks respectively; thethrough holes corresponding to the gas collecting hole and the vent holeare connected to the gas storage tank; and the through holescorresponding to the piercing holes are connected to the air filtrationtank.

The bottom cover set is made up of a bottom cover and a bottom spacer,which are installed down the bottom side of the body shell; the top sideof the bottom cover is provided with a downward piercing hole thatcorresponds to the through hole at the bottom side of the gas intakepassage of the body shell, and two downward piercing holes are placednear two side edges respectively, where the piercing holes each joins acurved trench on the top side of the bottom cover, and a trench is setup near each of two sides; the bottom cover is provided with a plug dentat its back side; the bottom spacer is placed closely between the bottomcover and the bottom side of the body shell, and it is provided withaligned piercing holes that correspond to the through holes at thebottom side of the gas intake passage of the body shell, the bottomspacer is provided with aligned piercing holes that correspond to thepiercing holes at both side edges of the bottom cover having noconnection to the trench, and piercing holes are set up corresponding tothe other ends of the curved trenches; moreover, piercing holes are setup that correspond to the both ends of the other trenches respectively.

The air pump, offered the bottom cover to place thereon for a fixedjoining, has a gas-in hole that corresponds to the piercing hole of thebottom cover, which further corresponds to the through hole at thebottom side of the gas intake passage of the body shell, and the outtaketubes that correspond to the piercing holes near both side edges of thebottom cover connected to the trenches.

The watering control set is made up of an outer shell, an inner block, ablocking ring, an elastic article, a back cover, a front plug tube and atightening ring; the outer shell is used for inserting in the plug dentat the back of the bottom cover for a firm joining, its internal forms alengthwise chamber, and a through hole is extended to the top of theshell, where the middle portion of its internal has an annular wall, anda top and a bottom aligned dents are positioned right at the frontentrance of the chamber, a short distance from the entrance the shapebecomes an arced trough; the inner block is provided with an annularbulge, and its back end shapes a cylinder, while the front end is amovable pillar, on which several lengthwise grooves are set up; theblock ring is put on the movable pillar of the inner block and placed tothe innermost, where the inner block is being inserted into thelengthwise chamber from the backend opening of the outer shell, andfurther the movable pillar is entered into the front of the annularwall, until a reach to the annular wall by the annular bulge and theblock ring that comes to a completely sealed state, and the elasticarticle is put on the cylinder, followed by covering the backend openingof the outer shell by the back cover, such that one end of the elasticarticle jostles against the annular bulge, and the other end against theback cover; the internal of the front plug tube is lengthwise hollow,and its outer surface is provided with a joining trough for lodging thetightening ring, and has two protruded chunks symmetrically located atthe top and the bottom, where its internal is provided with a circularchannel wall.

In the foregoing oxygen generator, the top cover has multiple trencheson its bottom side, where the trenches each has one end extending outfrom a lateral side of the top cover to form a through hole, and aswitching solenoid valve is installed thereon; the first top spacer hasa small piercing hole set up at the location corresponding to each endof the trenches at the bottom side of the top cover; the middle coverhas a small piercing hole corresponding to each of the small piercingholes on the first top spacer; the second top spacer has a smallpiercing hole set up at the location corresponding to each of the smallpiercing holes on the middle cover, where the small piercing holes areconnected to the big tanks; the activation of a switching solenoid valveenables the higher pressure gas in one of the big tank to pass throughthe corresponding adjoined small piercing hole to the correspondingtrench, followed by flowing to another trench through the switchingsolenoid valve, and passing through the corresponding adjoined smallpiercing hole to the other big tank.

In the foregoing oxygen generator, the reverse-way barricade device canbe implemented by placing a gas shut membrane in each air cave. Once airenters the air cave from the through hole of the middle cover, it willopen out the gas shut membrane and flow up and along the passage to passthrough the gas collecting hole and the through hole, and enters the gasstorage tank for a stay; whereas the reverse-way air presses the gasshut membrane to cover the through holes, to achieve the barricade ofthe reverse flow of air.

In the foregoing oxygen generator, the reverse-way barricade device canbe implemented by shaping a lodging cavity placed below the end of thetrench on the top side of the middle cover, for accommodating a gas shutmembrane, jostled by one end of an elastic article, and below it one endof the piercing tube is inserted in the lodging cavity and jostledagainst the other end of the elastic article for a firm joining, wherethe bottom end of the piercing tube is inserted in the extension tubewhich is placed in the air filtration tank, once the air flows from thetrench to the lodging cavity, it will push the gas shut membrane toresist the elasticity of the elastic article, which brings indeformation at the edges that will let the air flow in, and along theextension tube into the air filtration tank; whereas the reverse-way airpushes the gas shut membrane to cover the trench, which achieves thebarricade of the reverse flow of air.

In the foregoing oxygen generator, the quantity of aforementionedmultiple big tanks is more than (equal to) two.

In the foregoing oxygen generator, the quantity of aforementionedmultiple sets of airflow channels that correspond to the big tanks ismore than (equal to) two.

In the foregoing oxygen generator, the quantity of aforementionedmultiple sets of gas outtake channels that correspond to the big tanksis more than (equal to) two.

In the foregoing oxygen generator, the quantity of aforementionedmultiple trenches that correspond to the big tanks is more than (equalto) two.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a three-dimensional exterior front elevation of theexemplified embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a three-dimensional exterior rear elevation of the exemplifiedembodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a three-dimensional exploded front and top elevation of theexemplified embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a three-dimensional exploded rear and bottom elevation of theexemplified embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a top view of the body shell of the exemplified embodiment ofthe present invention;

FIG. 6 is a front view of the body shell of the exemplified embodimentof the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a three-dimensional exploded front and top elevation of thetop cover set of the exemplified embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a three-dimensional exploded rear and bottom elevation of thetop cover set of the exemplified embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 9 is a three-dimensional exploded front and top elevation of thebottom cover set of the exemplified embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 10 is a three-dimensional exploded view of the watering control setof the exemplified embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 11 is an assembled sectional exploded view of the watering controlset of the exemplified embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram showing the assembled procedure of thewatering control set of the exemplified embodiment of the presentinvention;

FIG. 13 is a schematic diagram showing the accomplished assembly of thewatering control set of the exemplified embodiment of the presentinvention;

FIG. 14 is a schematic diagram showing the location of assembling thewatering control set of the exemplified embodiment of the presentinvention;

FIG. 15 is a three-dimensional exterior view of another exemplifiedembodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 16 is a three-dimensional exploded view of another exemplifiedembodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 17 is a three-dimensional exploded sectional partial view of thetop cover set of another exemplified embodiment of the presentinvention;

FIG. 18 is a schematic assembled sectional view of the gas shut membraneof another exemplified embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 19 is a schematic sectional view of the function for the gas shutmembrane of another exemplified embodiment of the present invention;

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

To achieve the foregoing objects of the present invention, thetechniques adopted and the achievable functioning are detailed describedwith reference to the following preferred exemplified embodiments andthe accompanying drawings, which helps a thorough comprehension of thepresent invention.

Referring to FIGS. 1-4, the exemplified embodiment of the presentinvention is an oxygen generator 1, comprising a body shell 10, a topcover set 20, a bottom cover set 30, an air pump 40, a plurality ofswitching solenoid valves 51, 52, 53, 54 and 55, and a watering controlset 60; wherein the body shell 10 is a cuboid, shown in FIG. 5, viewingfrom the top, the body shell 10 is provided with a mounting hole 101 ateach of four corners and the center at its top side, and having aplurality of connecting septum walls that form a left and a right bigtanks 11, 12 at its internal, where its surrounding is provided with agas intake passage 13, two sets of airflow channels at left side 111,112 and at right side 121, 122, two sets of gas outtake channels at leftside 113, 114 and at right side 123, 124, a gas storage tank 14, and anair filtration tank 15; referring to FIGS. 4 & 5, the body shell 10 isprovided with a mounting hole 102 at each of four corners and the centerat its bottom side, and the bottom side is provided with a through hole1013 corresponding to the gas intake passage 13, through holes 1011,1012 and 1021, 1022 corresponding to the airflow channels 111, 112 and121, 122 respectively, through holes 1014, 1024 corresponding to the gasouttake channels 114 and 124 respectively, through holes 1001, 1002corresponding to the big tanks 11, 12 respectively, and a through hole1015 corresponding to the air filtration tank 15; referring to FIG. 6,the body shell 10 is provided with mounting recesses 103, 104, 105, and106 at its back side and a mounting through recess 107 above them, wherethe mounting recess 103, 104 are provided with through holes 1031, 1041which connect to the airflow channels 111, 121 and through holes 1032,1042 which connect to the gas outtake channels 112, 122; the mountingrecesses 105, 106 are provided with through holes 1051, 1061 connectedto the airflow channels 112, 122 respectively and through holes 1052,1062 connected to the gas outtake channels 113, 123; the mountingrecesses 103, 104, 105, and 106 are provided with switching solenoidvalves 51, 52, 53, and 54; the function of the switching solenoid valves51, 52 is to conduct the airflows in the airflow channels 111, 121 flowthrough the through holes 1031, 1032 and 1041, 1042 to the airflowchannels 112, 122 respectively; and the function of the switchingsolenoid valves 53, 54 is to conduct the airflows in the airflowchannels 112, 122 flow through the through holes 1051, 1052 and 1061,1062 to the gas outtake channels 113, 123 respectively; the mountingthrough recess 107 is provided with a filtration slice 108.

Referring to FIGS. 3, 4, 7 & 8, the top cover set 20 is made up of a topcover 21, a first top spacer 22, a middle cover 23 and a second topspacer 24, where the top cover 21 is provided with a mounting hole 211at each of four corners and the center, offering a fastener S1 (forinstance: bolt) for a threaded connection with each hole, having anouttake tube 212 at its top, but the tube has a segment extending fromthe bottom, and having two trenches 213, 214 at its bottom, where oneends of both extend out to the side of the top cover 21 to form throughholes 2131, 2141 respectively, which is the locus for installing aswitching solenoid valve 55, once the switching solenoid valve 55 ispowered on, the two trenches 213, 214 are connected by means of thethrough holes 2131, 2141; the first top spacer 22, attached closely tothe bottom side of the top cover 21, is provided with a mounting hole221 at each of its four corners and the center that corresponds to themounting hole 211 of the top cover 21, where both are placed togetherfor a penetration by the fastener S1, having a piercing hole 222 foroffering a tight penetration by the bottom portion of the outtake tube212, and having small piercing holes 223, 224 set up at the locationscorresponding to the ends of the trenched 213, 214 at the bottom side ofthe top cover 21; the middle cover 23, attached closely to the bottomside of the first top spacer 22, is provided with a mounting hole 231 ateach of its four corners and the center that corresponds to the mountinghole 221 of the first top spacer 22, where both are placed together fora penetration by the fastener S1, having a piercing hole 232 foroffering a tight penetration by the bottom portion of the outtake tube212; the middle cover 23 is provided with a left air cave 233 and aright air cave 234 at its top, where the bottom of the caves areconnected downward by the through holes 2331, 2341; the air caves 233,234 each has a duct 2332, 2342 respectively and both ducts are joinedand flow down through a gas-collecting hole 235, and an upward vent hole236 is set up in front of the gas-collecting hole 235 which connects toa trench 237 that is set up at the top side of the middle cover 23, andthe other end of the trench 237 is set up into a piercing tube 238 thatgoes downward; the piercing tube 238 is penetrated by an extension tube239 that can extend into the air filtration tank 15; during assembly, agas shut membrane 2333, 2343 is being placed into each of the air caves233, 234 respectively, followed by attaching to the bottom side of thefirst top spacer 22, and small through holes 2334, 2344 are set upcorresponding to the places of small through holes 223, 224 on the firsttop spacer 22; the second top spacer 24, placed closely between thebottom side of the middle cover 23 and the top side of the body shell10, is provided with a mounting hole 241 at each of its four corners andthe center that corresponds to the mounting hole 231 of the middle cover23, and both are placed together for a penetration by the fastener S1,where the S1 is eventually fastened to the mounting hole 101 on the topof the body shell 10 for a firm link, and the second top spacer 24 isprovided with a through hole 242 for offering a tight penetration by thebottom portion of the outtake tube 212; through holes 243, 244, 245, 246and 248 are set up at the places that correspond to the through holes2331, 2341 of the middle cover 23, the gas collecting hole 235, the venthole 236 and the piercing tube 238 respectively, and small piercingholes 2433, 2443 are set up at the places that correspond to the smallpiercing holes 2334, 2344 of the middle cover; where the through holes243, 244 and the small piercing holes 2433, 2443 are connected to thebig tanks 11, 12 respectively; the through holes 245, 246 are connectedto the gas storage tank 14; and the through hole 248 to the airfiltration tank 15.

Referring to FIGS. 3, 4 & 9, the bottom cover set 30 is made up of abottom cover 31 and a bottom spacer 32, where the bottom cover 31 isprovided with a mounting hole 311 at each of four corners and thecenter, offering a fastener S2 (for instance: bolt) for a threadedconnection with each hole, having a downward piercing hole 312 set upnear the front edge on its top side, and two downward piercing holes313, 315 and 314, 316 at each of two side edges, where the piercingholes 313, 314 each joins a curved trench 3131, 3141 respectively on thetop side of the bottom cover 31, and trenches 3132, 3142 each is set upnear one of two sides; the bottom cover 31 is provided with a plug dent317 at its back side; the bottom spacer 32, placed closely between thebottom cover 31 and the bottom side of the body shell 10, is providedwith a mounting hole 321 at each of its four corners and the center thatcorresponds to the mounting hole 311 of the bottom cover 31, and bothare placed together for a penetration by the fastener S2, where the S2is eventually fastened to the mounting hole 102 at the bottom of thebody shell 10 for a firm link, the bottom spacer 32 is provided withpiercing holes 322, 325 and 326 that correspond to the piercing holes312, 315 and 316 of the bottom cover 31, and piercing holes 3231, 3241set up at the other end that correspond to the trenches 3131, 3141.Piercing holes 3232, 3233 and 3242, 3243 are set up that correspond tothe both ends of the trenches 3132, 3142 respectively.

The air pump 40, positioned below the bottom cover 31 and both beingfixedly joined, has a gas-in hole 42 that corresponds to the piercinghole 312 of the bottom cover 31, and outtake tubes 43, 44 thatcorrespond to the piercing holes 313, 314 respectively. The pumping ofairflow internally by its motor is not included in this content.

Referring to FIGS. 10 & 11, the watering control set 60 is made up of anouter shell 61, an inner block 62, a blocking ring 63, an elasticarticle 64, a back cover 65, a front plug tube 66 and a tightening ring67; the internal of the outer shell 61 forms a lengthwise chamber 611,and a through hole 612 is extended to the top of the shell, where themiddle portion of the internal has an annular wall 613, and a top and abottom aligned dents 614 are right at the front entrance of the chamber,a short distance from the entrance the shape becomes an arced trough615; the inner block 62 is provided with an annular bulge 621, and itsback end shapes a cylinder 622, while the front end is a movable pillar623, on which several lengthwise grooves 6231 are set up; the block ring63 is put on the movable pillar 623 of the inner block 62 and to theinnermost, followed by inserting the inner block 62 into the lengthwisechamber 611 from the backend opening of the outer shell 61, and furtherpush the movable pillar 623 into the front part of the annular wall 613,until a reach to the annular wall 613 by the annular bulge 621 and theblock ring 63 that comes to a completely sealed state, and the elasticarticle 64 is put on the cylinder 622, followed by covering the backendopening of the outer shell 61 by the back cover 65, such that one end ofthe elastic article 64 jostles against the annular bulge 621, and theother end against the back cover 65; as the above assembly isaccomplished, the set is ready to be inserted into the plug dent 317 atthe back side of the bottom cover 31 with a firm joining.

The front plug tube 66 is a parts used on demand only, having a shape ofcircular piping and being lengthwise hollow, and its outer surface isprovided with a joining trough 661 for lodging the tightening ring 67,and has two protruded aligned chunks 662 symmetrically located at thetop and the bottom, where its internal is provided with an annularchannel wall 663, and the external is provided with a raised holdingloop 664, which is designed for the handy manipulation by the hand, andthe front is a joining end 665 with a plurality of pipe threads; theuses shown in FIGS. 12-14, the holding loop 664 is grasped to insert theback end of the front plug tube 66 into the front end of the outer shell61 (shown in FIG. 12), and let the aligned chunks 662 to pass throughcorresponding aligned dents 614 until the arced troughs 615 are reached,then rotate along the arced trough 615; at the moment the aligned chunks662 are blocked by the wall at the front of the outer shell 61 andunable to exit, presenting an immobile state, and the channel wall 663will push the inner block 62 back off to resist the elasticity of theelastic article 64, which moves the annular bulge 621 and the block ring63 off the annular wall 613 (shown in FIG. 13), and the front and backspaces, separated by the annular wall 613, are linked; the joining end665 is joined firmly with the extended watering pipe (shown in FIG. 14);once the whole assembly is accomplished, a demand for draining liquidfrom the back space of the outer shell 61, can be fulfilled byexploiting the watering control set 60.

During assembling the above parts, first have the watering control set60 combine with the bottom cover set 30, second have the body shell 10combine with the bottom cover set 30, again have the bottom cover set 30combine with the air pump 40, then load the big tanks 11, 12 withmolecular sieve substances, further add pure water in the air filtrationtank 15, and have the top cover set 20 combine with the body shell 10,followed by installing the switching solenoid valves 51, 52, 53, 54 and55 on the body shell 10 and the top cover set 20, which accomplishes theassembly of the oxygen generator 1 shown in FIGS. 1 & 2.

Power on the air pump 40 when in use, where air is pumped for filteringby the filtration slice 108 and then sent to the gas intake passage 13,again passing through the through hole 1013 at the bottom of the bodyshell 10, and down through the piercing hole 322 of the bottom spacer 32and the piercing hole 312 of the bottom cover 31. The airflow thenenters the gas-in hole 42 of the air pump 40, and in the pump theairflow is divided into two paths, the outtake tubes 43, 44 at bothsides, which flow into the piercing holes 313, 314 of the bottom cover31 respectively, and then move along the trenches 3131, 3141, thepiercing holes 3231, 3241 of the bottom spacer 32, and the piercingholes 1011, 1021 at the bottom side of the body shell 10, into theairflow channels 111, 121 for a stay and to produce high pressure; theauto-control system (optional, not shown in the figure) takes thecontrol of the activation of the switching solenoid valves 51, 52alternately, where its function is once the switching solenoid valve 51activates (meanwhile, the switching solenoid valve 52 quits, or reactsafter some time), the air in the airflow channel 111 flows through thethrough holes 1031, 1032 to the airflow channel 112, and further goesdown through the through hole 1012 of the bottom spacer 32, the trench3132 of the bottom cover 31, and the through hole 1001 at the bottomside of the big tank 11 into the bottom of the big tank 11, which isthen pushed to pass through the molecular sieve substances to transforminto oxygen and flows up for a gathering; the oxygen passes through thethrough hole 243 of the second top spacer 24 and the through hole 2331of the middle cover 23 to the air cave 233, and opens the gas shutmembrane 2333 to flow up and along the duct 2332 and through the gascollecting hole 235 and the through hole 245 down to the gas storagetank 14 for a stay, which then gathers into high pressure. As oxygenarrives the duct 2332, it passes along the duct 2342 to the air cave 234too, where its pressure presses the gas shut membrane 2343 to move downto cap the through hole 2341, which makes the oxygen unable to passthrough here into the big tank 12, so that the gas shut membranes 2333,2343 are the exemplified embodiment of a reverse-way barricade device;however the big tank 12 is not suitable for no oxygen, the auto-controlsystem will control the switching solenoid valve 55 to activate, forpumping a small amount of oxygen from the big tank 11 through the smallpiercing holes 2433, 2334, 223 and the trench 213 to the through hole2131, and turns to enter the through hole 2141 and through the trench214 and the small piercing holes 224, 2344, 2443 into the big tank 12for a stay, which makes the real time oxygen output possible.

Since the process of air passing through the molecular sieve substancesto transform into oxygen generates heat; therefore, after some time ofactivation, the auto-control system will control the switching solenoidvalve 51 to pause, which makes the air in the airflow channel 111 failto go through the through holes 1031, 1032 into the airflow channel 112;meanwhile, it controls the switching solenoid valve 53 to activate,making the air in the airflow channel 112 flow through the through holes1051, 1052 into the gas outtake channel 113, again by flowing through alower path to the other gas outtake channel 114, and down through thepiercing hole 325 of the bottom spacer 32 and the piercing hole 315 ofthe bottom cover 31 to be exhausted to the outside, to lower thepressure in the airflow channel 112. Before the stop or the partial stopof the switching solenoid valve 51, the auto-control system willadaptively control the activation of the other switching solenoid valve52, to accomplish the generation of oxygen by passing the other set ofcorresponding parts equivalent to the aforesaid process, and eventuallythe oxygen flows through the gas collecting hole 235 and the throughhole 245 down to the gas storage tank 14 for a stay.

In this invention, the amount of oxygen in the gas storage tank 14 israised, subject to the alternate generation of oxygen by the big tanks11 and 12. Once oxygen is demanded, an extended pipe (shown in FIGS. 1 &2) is inserted into the outtake tube 212 for the user's convenientaccess, and switch the air-out button on (optional, not shown in thefigure) to let the oxygen flow out from the outtake tube 212 to theextended pipe. The reason is that the high pressure oxygen in the gasstorage tank 14 is passing through the through hole 246, the vent hole236, the trench 237, the piercing tube 238, and the extension tube 239to enter the air filtration tank 15 for the filtration by the purewater, after that the oxygen gets cleaner and goes up for a gathering,lastly the oxygen is offered for use by flowing through the outtake tube212 and the extension tube 239.

The oxygen generator 1 of this invention can have many equivalentembodiments or modifications without departing from the scope of theclaims of the present invention; for instance, 1.) referring to FIG. 15,the outlook of the oxygen generator 1 of this invention can be alteredto be more gorgeous. Since this alteration has absolutely no affectionon the functioning of this invention, it can be construed as within thescope of the claims of the present invention; 2.) referring to theoxygen generator 1 in FIG. 15, the three-dimensional exploded view ofthe embodiment and the three-dimensional sectional exploded of thepartial parts are shown in FIGS. 16 & 17 respectively, where themajority of the parts are equivalent to the foregoing shown in FIGS.1-14, only the gas shut membranes 2333, 2343 accommodated in the aircaves 233, 234 of the middle cover 23 are reduced. Referring to FIGS. 16& 17, a lodging cavity 2371 is shaped and placed below one end of thetrench 237, for accommodating a gas shut membrane 2372, jostled by oneend of an elastic article 2373, and below it one end of the piercingtube 238 is inserted into the lodging cavity 2371 and jostled againstthe other end of the elastic article 2373, for a firm joining, where thebottom end of the piercing tube 238 is inserted in the extension tube239; the sectional view of that part after assembly is shown in FIG. 18,once without using oxygen, the pressures in the internal and externalare in balance, so that the gas shut membrane 2372, jostled by theelastic article 2373, blocks the trench 237 from releasing air; whenusing oxygen, the internal pressure of the air filtration tank 15 isrelatively low, as soon as the high pressure oxygen arrives at thetrench 237 as in FIG. 19, it will push the gas shut membrane 2372 toresist the elasticity of the elastic article 2373, which brings indeformation at the edges that will let the oxygen flow through, andalong the extension tube 239 into the pure water of the air filtrationtank 15, the rest just functions the same. The gas shut membrane 2372and the elastic article herein is an exemplified embodiment of areverse-way barricade device.

It's essential to describe further that the foregoing exemplifiedembodiment is based on adopting “two” big tanks 11, 12; therefore, allthe other parts that operated in coordination with the two big tanksinclude airflow channels 111 & 112 and 121 & 122; gas outtake channels113 & 114 and 123 & 124; air caves 233 & 234 and trenches 213 & 214,which all have quantity of two, to form two sets that can generateoxygen alternately. However, the actual implementation is not limited totwo sets in quantity only. It could be three, four and the like, whichis within the scope of the claims of the present invention.

Accordingly, the present invention makes use of the combination amongthe body shell 10, top cover set 20, bottom cover set 30, air pump 40,switching solenoid valves 51, 52, 53, 54 and 55 and the watering controlset 60, to achieve an oxygen generator that features novelty incombination pattern, compactness for the assembly, handiness in thecarrying or transporting and roominess for cutting down the cost andprice. The spatial pattern of the structural combination of thedisclosed oxygen generator of the present invention is not only unknownto the prior art, but absolutely being novel, which can accomplish theexpected objective and function, and is construed as being absolutelycreative and is compliant to the requirements of patent law, and apatent application for the invention is then filed.

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An oxygen generator, comprising: a body shell shaped into a pluralityof connecting septum walls within an interior thereof to form at leasttwo tanks, the body shell comprising: a plurality of through holes thatcorrespond to a gas intake passage, at least two sets of airflowchannels, at least two sets of gas outtake channels, at least two tanks,and an air filtration tank; a plurality of mounting recesses, whereinthe plurality of mounting recesses has at least one kind of through holethat is configured to connect at least one set of adjoined airflowchannels of the at least two sets of airflow channels, and at least onekind of through hole that is configured to connect at least one airflowchannel of the at least two sets of airflow channels to at least oneadjoined gas outtake channel of the at least two sets of gas outtakechannels, a mounting through recess having a plurality of switchingsolenoid valves and a filtration slice, wherein the plurality ofswitching solenoid valves are configured to control circulation betweenthe at least one set of adjoined airflow channels and circulationbetween the at least one airflow channel and the at least one adjoinedgas outtake channel, wherein the at least two tanks are filled withmolecular sieve substances and wherein the body shell is surrounded bythe gas intake passage, the at least two sets of airflow channels, theat least two sets of gas outtake channels, the gas storage tank, and theair filtration tank for filling with pure water; a top cover set,wherein the top cover set is fixedly mounted on top of the body shell,the top cover set comprising: a top cover provided with an outtake tube,the outtake tube mounted on a top side of the top cover set; a first topspacer, wherein the first top spacer is closely attached to a bottomside of the top cover and has a through hole which is configured toengage a bottom segment of the outtake tube, wherein a middle cover isclosely attached to a bottom side of the first top spacer and has athrough hole which is configured to engage the bottom segment of theouttake tube, the middle cover having a plurality of air caves on a topside of the middle cover, wherein a bottom of the plurality of air caveshas a plurality of downward through holes, and wherein each of theplurality of air caves has a duct, each duct of the plurality of aircaves joined to flow down through a gas-collecting hole, wherein areverse-way barricade device is positioned between the joined ducts ofthe plurality of air caves and an outlet of the gas-collecting hole,further wherein an upward vent hole is positioned in front of the gascollecting hole which extends to a trench positioned on the top side ofthe middle cover, wherein one end of the trench is made into a piercingtube stretching downward that is inserted into an extension tube that isextended into the air filtration tank; a second top spacer is positionedclosely between a bottom side of the middle cover and a top side of thebody shell, the second top spacer comprising: a through hole thattightly penetrates the bottom segment of the outtake tube, and aplurality of through holes configured to attach to the correspondingplurality of downward through holes of the middle cover, the gascollecting hole, the vent hole, and the piercing tube, respectively,wherein the plurality of through holes attached to the plurality ofdownward through holes are connected to the at least two tanks, theplurality of through holes attached to the gas collecting hole and venthole are connected to the gas storage tank, and the plurality of throughholes attached to the piercing holes are connected to the air filtrationtank; a bottom cover set, wherein the bottom cover set is fixedlymounted on bottom of the body shell, the bottom cover set comprising: abottom cover comprising: a top side provided with a downward piercinghole near a front edge on the top side of the bottom cover thatcorresponds to a through hole at a bottom side of the gas intake passageof the body shell, at least two downward piercing holes near at leasttwo side edges of the bottom cover, wherein at least one downwardpiercing hole of the at least two downward piercing holes on each sideedge joins one end of a curved trench on the top side of the bottomcover near the respective side edges, at least two trenches, whereineach trench of the at least two trenches is positioned near one of twosides of the bottom cover, and a plug dent, wherein the plug dent ispositioned near a back side of the bottom cover; and a bottom spacerplaced between the bottom cover and a bottom side of the body shell,wherein the bottom spacer is provided with aligned piercing holes thatcorrespond to the through holes at the bottom side of the gas intakepassage of the body shell, at least one downward piercing hole of the atleast two downward piercing holes on each side edge that is not joinedto the curved trench on each side, the other end of each curved trench,and the at least two trenches near one of two sides of the bottom cover;an air pump fixedly joined to the bottom cover having a gas-in hole thatcorresponds to the through hole at the bottom side of the gas intakepassage of the body shell, and at least two outtake tubes thatcorresponds to the piercing holes near both side edges of the bottomcover connected to the curved trenches; and a watering control setcomprising: an outer shell, wherein the outer shell is inserted in theplug dent at a back of the bottom cover for securely joining of theouter shell, the outer shell comprising an internal space having alengthwise chamber and a through hole that extends to a top of the outershell, wherein a middle portion of the internal space has an annularwall, and top and bottom aligned dents positioned at a front entrance ofthe lengthwise chamber, wherein near the entrance of the chamber, theinternal space has a shape of an arced trough, an inner block having anannular bulge, wherein a back end of the inner block is shaped as acylinder and a front end is a movable pillar having several lengthwisegrooves, a blocking ring is placed at an innermost position of themovable pillar of the inner block, wherein the inner block is insertedinto the lengthwise chamber from a back-end opening of the outer shell,and the moveable pillar is positioned in front of the annular wall,until the annular bulge and the block ring reach the annular wall tobecome completely sealed, an elastic article placed on the cylinder, andcovering the backend opening of the outer shell by a back cover, whereinone end of the elastic article jostles against the annular bulge, andthe other end against the back cover, a front plug tube comprising acircular channel wall, wherein an internal space of the front plug tubeis lengthwise hollow, and has an outer surface that is provided with ajoining trough for coupling a tightening ring, and at least twoprotrusions symmetrically located at a top and a bottom of thelengthwise front plug tube.
 2. An oxygen generator as in claim 1,wherein the top cover has a plurality of trenches on a bottom side ofthe top cover, where each trench of the plurality of trenches has oneend extending out from a lateral side of the top cover to form a throughhole, and a switching solenoid valve being installed thereon; the firsttop spacer having a small piercing hole set up at a locationcorresponding to each end of the trenches at the bottom side of the topcover; the middle cover having a small piercing hole corresponding toeach of the small piercing holes on the first top spacer; the second topspacer having a small piercing hole set up at a location correspondingto each of the small piercing holes on the middle cover, where the smallpiercing holes are connected to the at least two tanks; the activationof a switching solenoid valve enabling higher pressure gas in one of theat least two tanks to pass through the corresponding adjoined smallpiercing hole to the corresponding trench, followed by flowing toanother trench through the switching solenoid valve, and passing throughthe corresponding adjoined small piercing hole to the other tank of theat least two tanks.
 3. An oxygen generator as in claim 1, wherein thereverse-way barricade device is implemented by placing a gas shutmembrane in each air cave, wherein once air enters the air cave from thethrough hole of the middle cover, the air opens the gas shut membrane toflow up and along a passage to pass through the gas collecting hole andthe through hole, and entering the gas storage tank for a stay; whereasa reverse-way air flow presses the gas shut membrane to cover thethrough holes, to achieve the barricade of the reverse flow of air. 4.An oxygen generator as in claim 1, wherein the reverse-way barricadedevice is implemented by shaping a lodging cavity placed at the bottomof the end of the trench on the top side of the middle cover, foraccommodating a gas shut membrane, jostled by one end of an elasticarticle, and below the reverse-way barricade one end of the piercingtube is inserted in the lodging cavity and jostled against another endof the elastic article for a firm joining, where a bottom end of thepiercing tube is inserted in the extension tube that is extended in theair filtration tank, once the air flowing from the trench to the lodgingcavity, the air pushes the gas shut membrane to resist the elasticity ofthe elastic article, which brings in deformation at the edges that willlet the air flow in, and along the extension tube into the airfiltration tank; whereas a reverse-way air flow pushes the gas shutmembrane to cover the trench, which achieves the barricade of thereverse flow of air.
 5. An oxygen generator as in claim 1, wherein thereare more than at least two tanks.
 6. An oxygen generator as in claim 1,wherein the at least two sets of airflow channels that correspond to theat least two tanks is greater than two.
 7. An oxygen generator as inclaim 1, wherein the at least two sets of gas outtake channels thatcorrespond to the at least two tanks is greater than two.
 8. An oxygengenerator as in claim 2, wherein the plurality of trenches thatcorrespond to the at least two tanks is greater than two.